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I'm in the market for a nice 35mm prime, pref some thing old with a little character. I purchasea Carl Zeiss 2.4 Prakticar PB mount and unfortunately it striked the mirror on my Canon 5D Mark III. Anyone know of any nice 35mm lenses that work well on this body? Full manual is fine as I'm mostly shooting video over stills.

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Ed

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Well, if you're shooting mostly video, you can always pull off the lens slightly, hit Live View, and re-mount the lens fully. You'll just need to remember to do the same thing in reverse when powering it off or turning off Live View.

Older Zeiss Hasselblad lenses adapt very well a 50 or 60mm f/4 might be just the thing. They miss the mirror by a inch or more. They are not cheap in the USA, but not super expensive either. If you cane use 80mm, they are the standard lens and are cheap.

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Something new but with a retro feeling: samyang 35mm. Very good lens, almost on par with sigma. You can get the cine version t/1.5 with declicked stops at a very good price. Look up some reviews and you'll be convinced

+1 for the sigma 35mm. Just got mine and its just amazing. The only thing to note is that the focus ring rotation is pretty small, I think someone said 70 degrees end to end, and trying to nail focus manually is a bit tough.

I really enjoy the olympus lenses adapted to canon EOS. They have no issues with mirror clearance on the 5D line. The 35mm focal length is kind of a week one for the system though. If money's not an issue though, and you want something nice, I would buy something new and modern. I play with the olympus lenses because they are pretty good and relatively affordable. If I sold all of my olympus primes I might be able to afford an L prime. Nothing's nicer than the new 35mm primes, if you're willing to pay for it.

I have a Nikon 35mm f/2.8, all manual, that I picked up to use for video work and its awesome. Tons of character and looks great. Picked up a Fotodiox adapter off of Amazon and have had no problems with it on my 7D